Blade-holder



R. L. LIGHTFOOT.

BLADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED ram/9, 1919.

. 1 3 1 42 Patentedsepfi. 27, 1921.

1 0 i 5 i 9 i Iv -l HG. L G INVENTOR w-ri UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, ROY L. LIGHTFOOT, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

BLADE-HOLDER.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that ROY L. Lron'rroor, a citizen the United States, residing at San Antonio, in the county of Bexar and State of Texas, has invented certain new and useful Improvement in a Blade-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a blade holder.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described, formed to hold safety razor blades, so that the same may be sharpened by the use of the ordinary strop.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a holder in which any form of safety razor blades may be readily secured and from which they may be easily released.

with the above and other objects in view, the invention has particular relation to oer? tain novel features of construction operation and arrangement of parts, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein Figures 1 and 2, show side views of the device, showing both sides thereof, and

Fig. 3, is a plan view thereof.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, wherein like numerals of reference designate similar parts in each of the figures, the numerals 1, 1, designates the sides of the handle or grip of the device. This handle is formed of a continuous piece of material bent at the point 2, into a Jshaped form, said sides being spaced a convenient distance apart. The free ends of the piece of material of which the implement is formed are welded together at 3, the sections, thereof, between the grip and said ends being formed into jaws 4, 4, which are somewhat narrowed, and which are close together.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 27, 1921.

Application filed May 9, 1919.

Serial No. 295,995.

These jaws are provided to clamp one edge of the blade 5, between them, leaving the other edge of the blade which it is desired to sharpen, projected out a distance from said aws. A short shaft 6 has a swiveling connection with one of the grips 1, and its other end is threaded through the thickened portion 7 of the other grip. Fixed upon this shaft, between the grips 1, 1, is the milled disk 8 through which the shaft 6, maybe turned, and the grips 1, 1, and the corresponding jaws 4, 4, spaced apart or drawn together.

When it is desired to insert a blade, by turning the disk 8, the jaws 4c, 4:, may be separated and one edge of the blade 5 inserted between them and said disks then turned in the opposite direction, causing the jaws to clamp said blade and hold it firmly. The projecting edge of the blade may be then sharpened on the ordinary razor strop in the usual way.

What is claimed -A blade holder including a handle formed of grips spaced apart, said grips terminating in opposing jaws which are connected at their outer extremities and spaced apart to receive a blade between them, a shaft two subscribing witnesses.

nor L. LIGHTFOOT.

Witnesses:

E. V. HARDWAY, A. E. DAWES. 

